rumex
See also: Rumex
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
French
Synonyms
Further reading
- “rumex” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
Origin uncertain, but the suffix -ik and ek is found in other plant names such as larix and carex. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *súHros (“sour, salty, bitter”).[1].
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | rumex | rumicēs |
| Genitive | rumicis | rumicum |
| Dative | rumicī | rumicibus |
| Accusative | rumicem | rumicēs |
| Ablative | rumice | rumicibus |
| Vocative | rumex | rumicēs |
References
- rumex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rumex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- rumex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954), “rumex”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 450
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